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Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou and his family have cashed in on easyJet’s meteoric share price rise in recent months, selling stock worth more than £5 million.

Yet rather than celebrate a lucrative top-slicing of a family stake that still accounts for 37 per cent of the airline he founded, Sir Stelios took the opportunity yesterday to take another swipe at easyJet’s management.

Sir Stelios sold 200,000 shares, a third of 1 per cent of his own holding, on Friday with the share price at a record 872p. His sister Clelia also sold 200,000 shares, as did his brother Polys. It is